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Here's Big Baby Finn.
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Big Baby Finn McCool.
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And here's his friend Una.
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Clever Little Una.
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Finn and Una grow.
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They are friends.
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They like to play.
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They run and jump.
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They jump into the river.
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Catch the fish, Una, says Finn, and she catches it.
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Clever Una catches the silver fish.
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Today is Finn's birthday.
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Look, cries Una, a gold fish!
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It must be magic!
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And the magic fish sings, Finn, have this girl for your wife.
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She can help you in your life. So Finn marries Una.
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They live on a green hill.
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And they can see the sea.
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The beautiful big blue sea.
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And Finn is a good giant.
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He is a good strong giant.
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And Una is a good wife.
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She is a good clever wife.
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Okay, men, says Finn.
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I want to make a bridge.
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A bridge across the water.
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Finn throws a big stone.
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Splash into the sea.
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and another, and another, splash, splash into the sea.
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I am big and strong, says Finn.
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I do good things.
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But then Finn sees something.
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Something a long way across the sea.
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And he doesn't like it.
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Oh, what is that? he asks.
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Oh, say Finn's men.
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That's big, bad Benin.
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With his bad, magic finger.
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Hey, shouts Benin.
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I'm looking for Finn.
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Do you know him?
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No, shouts Finn.
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No, say his men.
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No, we don't.
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We don't know Finn.
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Help, shouts Finn.
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What's the matter, says Una.
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It's Big Bad Benin, says Finn.
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He's coming for me.
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Quick, says Una.
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Make a cradle.
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Make a big baby's cradle and bring it inside.
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Now, get in, says Una.
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Get in the cradle and don't say anything.
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They can hear Benin.
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They can hear Benin coming. And here he is.
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Bang.
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Where's Finn? shouts Benin.
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He's not here, says Una.
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It's just me here.
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Me and the baby.
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That's a big baby, says Benin.
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Yes, says Una.
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Just like his daddy.
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Finn is a very big giant, much bigger than you. Can you help me?
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Says Una.
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Can you turn the house please?
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Finn usually does it, But he's not here.
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Okay, says Benin.
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And he turns the house.
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Then Una picks up some stones.
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And she puts them in her pocket.
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Una is making bread.
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She is making bread rolls. But she has something.
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She has some stones.
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Una makes bread rolls, and she puts the stones in them.
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But there is one with no stone.
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Mmm, says Benin.
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Those rolls smell good.
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Here you are, says Una.
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There is a stone inside.
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Benin starts to eat.
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Ow!
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He shouts, What's wrong with this bread?
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Ow!
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My teeth!
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Your teeth aren't very strong, says Una.
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My fin eats this bread every day.
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Then the baby starts to cry.
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What's wrong with the baby? shouts Benin.
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He's hungry too, says Una.
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Here, baby, here's a bread roll for you.
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It's the one with no stone inside.
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That baby has strong teeth, says Benin.
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"'Yes,' says Una.
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"'Just like his daddy.
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"'Fin has strong teeth, "'much stronger than yours.
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"'But the baby starts to cry again.
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Oh no, says Una.
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Finn's coming home soon.
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He gets angry when the baby cries.
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Be quiet, baby, says Benin.
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Give him your finger," says Una.
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Here, baby," says Benin.
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He puts his finger into Finn's mouth, his magic finger.
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And Big Baby Finn bites it.
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He bites off the magic finger.
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Ow!
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shouts Benin.
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Ow!
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Ow! And he gets smaller.
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He gets smaller and smaller.
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Now Benin is tiny.
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Tiny tiny Benin, and tiny tiny Benin runs away.
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My clever Una, says Finn.
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Goodbye, Benin, says Una.
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Goodbye, Benin, says Finn.
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Bye-bye.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel A2 se basa en el vídeo “Big Baby Finn”. Las palabras que más se repiten: Una, Finn, Benin, baby, shouts. Este vídeo tiene 118 frases y 613 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 11:27. El 75 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

12 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
shout verbo/ʃaʊt/gritar, desgañitarse
finger sustantivo/ˈfɪŋɡɚ/dedo, alambres
clever adjetivo/ˈklɛv.ɚ/hábil, listo
splash verbo/splæʃ/chacualear, chapalear
cradle sustantivo/ˈkɹeɪdəl/cuna, brezo
daddy sustantivo/ˈdædi/papá, papaíto
bite verbo/baɪt/morder, tarascar
goodbye/ɡʊdˈbaɪ/adiós, hasta luego
pocket sustantivo/ˈpɑ.kɪt/bolsillo, bolsa
hungry adjetivo/ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/hambriento, tener hambre
marry verbo/ˈmæɹi/casar, casarse
bang sustantivo/ˈbæŋ/estallido, estruendo

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
pick up verbocoger, asir
run away verbohuir

Frases que vale la pena repetir

Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:

  • Do you know him?
  • Can you help me?
  • Can you turn the house please?
  • What's wrong with the baby?
  • Here, baby, here's a bread roll for you.

Gramática en este vídeo

Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Comparativos -er than / more … than — comparar dos cosasbigger than · stronger than
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos díasI'm looking · is making

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 6 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, aren't, doesn't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: shout /ʃaʊt/, splash /splæʃ/

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

  1. Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
  2. Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
  3. Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como shout, finger, clever.

¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?

Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.

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